Animals Homes

First class have been learning about badger's homes and foxes homes.

A badger coming out from the sett

 Badgers live in a sett underground. They are very clean animals, they even have an outside toilet!
They have lots of tunnels in their sett, as well as a chamber for the cubs to sleep in.
As well as learning about their homes, we learned some interesting facts about badgers:

• They are nocturnal.
• They have a good sense of smell and hearing.
• Badgers can live for up to 25 years
• Badgers are protected animals.
• Their tails can be up to 30cm long.

Foxes live in a den called an earth. Sometimes they dig their own, or move into an old rabbit burrow or badger sett!

When we did our K.W.L chart, we had lots of questions about foxes. Here are some of the things we found out:

• Foxes can have up to 13 cubs.
• They live for 4-6 years.
• There are over 48 different types of foxes in the world.
• A fox has 42 very sharp teeth!
• Their bushy tail is called a brush, it helps them balance and keeps them warm in the winter.

A young fox entering the earth

Here are some of the plans we drew for foxes and badgers homes:

Keep an eye out for these Irish animals and more when you are out and about! Follow the link to find out more about our native animals http://www.mammals-in-ireland.ie/species